Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Digital Divide blog

What are some reasons why students with unlimited internet access are more likely to succeed and attend college than students without unlimited internet access?

What can we do as educators to help close the digital divide?

What are some of the pros and cons of using technology in the classroom?

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Week 3: Web 2.0 - What Is It?

Here are discussion questions for this week. Do not feel obligated to answer all the questions. Feel free to ask any questions you have along the way! Looking forward to the discussion!

Q1. What do YOU think Web 2.0 is? Try a one-sentence definition in your own words (Reading 3.1, 3.2).

Q2. What are "digital natives" and "digital immigrants"? Do you believe such a distinction exist? What do you believe are the implications of such distinction in education, especially k-12 education? (Reading 3.5)

Q3. Do Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants think differently? How and why? What are the implications of these arguments for k-12 education? (Reading 3.6)